1990 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Tallahassee Norfolk College Park Chicago Columbia Cookeville Nashville DeKalb Columbus Hattiesburg Stillwater Long Beach University Missoula Fayetteville 1990 NCAA first round Storrs Knoxville Charlottesville Auburn Evanston Iowa City Seattle Ruston Raleigh Austin West Lafayette Athens Stanford Las Vegas Nacogdoches 1990 NCAA second round

In 1990, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:

• Seventh seeded Penn State played tenth seeded Florida State at Florida State

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
East	1	Florida State University	Tully Gymnasium	Tallahassee	Florida
East	1	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
East	1	University of Maryland	Cole Field House	College Park	Maryland
East	2	Providence College	Alumni Hall (Providence)	Providence	Rhode Island
East	2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Mideast	1	DePaul University	Alumni Hall (DePaul University)	Chicago	Illinois
Mideast	1	University of South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia	South Carolina
Mideast	1	Tennessee Tech	Eblen Center	Cookeville	Tennessee
Mideast	1	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Mideast	2	Northwestern University	Welsh-Ryan Arena	Evanston	Illinois
Mideast	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Mideast	2	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
Midwest	1	Northern Illinois University	Chick Evans Field House	DeKalb	Illinois
Midwest	1	Ohio State University	St. John Arena	Columbus	Ohio
Midwest	1	University of Southern Mississippi	Reed Green Coliseum	Hattiesburg	Mississippi
Midwest	1	Oklahoma State University	Gallagher-Iba Arena	Stillwater	Oklahoma
Midwest	2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
Midwest	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
Midwest	2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
West	1	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California
West	1	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University, Mississippi	Mississippi
West	1	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
West	1	University of Arkansas	Barnhill Arena	Fayetteville	Arkansas
West	2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
West	2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	2	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	South Gym	Paradise	Nevada
West	2	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas